Game Daze Tucson Mall Assistant Mgr. Recommendation, September 2011

Claudia -

Gamewright games have outdone themselves with their newest card game, Gubs is a fantastic family strategy card game that can be played again and again. Incredibly simple to learn and play, its is a hardcore cut-throat game that will keep you on your toes the entire time. The artwork is amazing and the gameplay is much diferent from any other Gamewright game.

The object be the player to have the most Free and Protected Gubs on the field when the last letter card that spells out GUB is drawn.

Within the deck there are Eight different types of cards, 1: GUBS enter into play face up in front of their owners. 2: BARRICADES go on top of Gubs tho make them “Protected”. 3: TRAPS are placed over Gubs in play and remain there until they are destroyed , any “Trapped” Gubs at the end of the game do not count for points. 4: TOOLS help your colony while 5: HAZARDS are used to attack or steal from opponents. 6: EVENTS are marked with a lightning bolt sign, whenever an event card is drawn it must be immediately played then discarded into the discard pile. These events can cause a variety of things to happen that can dramatically shift your game for the good or bad. 7: INTERRUPTS are played at any time, often as a defense during any players turn. 8: WILD CARD there is only one in the deck but this card can imitate almost any card in the deck.

Gameplay is simple but super strategic, a quick win is almost impossible, you could be winning one second and then the next be loosing all at once. During a players turn they are allowed to play as many cards as they want but they may only draw one card per turn. This makes the game really challenging, but eventually players may be stuck with cards that they can't play so they end up with a hand of cards. Be warned though you may only have up to eight cards in your hand at all times, if the limit is reached players must discard down to seven at the end of their turn. There is also a passing turns rule you may only pass your turn once per every two turns. Withing the deck there are three very important cards, THE ESTEEMED ELDER whom is immune to everything except the deadly LIGHTNING card and the wild card CRICKET SONG acting as the lightning card when used correctly these three cards alone can determine the winner before the end of the game which in turn may allow other players to rethink their strategy . The game ends once all three letters spelling GUB are drawn, the player with the most free or protected Gubs out on the playing field wins the game. The rules may seem complicated at first but they really are not, they did a good job of explaining the rules all on one side of a page while the other side shows a card guide with more detailed explanation on what and how each card works within the game.

Overall Gubs is a great family game for all ages, it can also be used as a quick introduction to Magic The Gathering card game for younger crowds.

Game Daze Paradise Valley Mall Employee Recommendation, September 2011

Nathan -

Gubs are interesting little creatures that live I a hidden world deep inside forests, deeply obsessed with anything shiny, the rulers or fungal homes and Masters of simple animals, but most of all, slaves to the rule of nature’s course.

Gubs is a game designed for anywhere from2 to 6 players and anyone ages 10 and up In Gubs the goal of the game is to have more Gubs in play under your control before the G, U, and B cards come into play as the game goes along you will be drawing cards that could be anything from Gubs themselves to Special card that can protect them or hinder them. There are also event cards that can come into play such as storms that make everyone have to discard their entire hand.

This is a simple great game that I personally have played 4 or 5 times already with a group of friends after just buying it a week ago, we often like to play simpler games like this between our longer games but we had actually played a few games of this in a row just because we enjoyed the back and forth aspects of it and how lighthearted it feels. This game is right up there with Poo, Fluxx, and We Didn’t Playtest This on my card game list.